SOUND BUDGETARY- BOYCOTT OF JEWS
POSITION
BRITISH FIGURES FOR LAST YEAR
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(REUTER AND BRITISH WIKELJES. Į
London, March 1. REMARKABLY sound bud getary position is revealed by the publication to-night of the rear's revento and expenditure statistics, the total deficit of £32,270,000 including the nanti cipated payment of the American
debt instahnent.
Skilini conversion operations sived the country £30,000,000 in in terest payments,
STARTS
NAZI PICKETS TAKE UP POSITIONS
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY)
BERLIN, April 1, THE Nazi boycott was enforced 10 am today, Most of the Jewish shops have already, closed, and the remainder will soon put up their shutters, for it is obviously impossible for them to expect cus.
tomers.
The beginning of the boycott was for uniformed Naz the signal
open or closed.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1933-
OPENING OF HOLY YEAR
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT ST. PETER'S
THROUGH REUTER'S ACKNOY]
VATICAN CITY, Aprij: 1.
THE solemn opening of the Holy Crucifixion was to-day carried out by His Holiness the Pope in so atmosphere of mediaeval splendour, surrounded by Cardinals, Prelates, Ambassadors and Ministers acors-
Year, commemorating the
dited to his Court,
FURTHER FIGHTING IN THE NORTH
FALL OF HSIMENGHÄT REPORTED
[THROUGH · REUTER'S" AGENCY]
PEIPING, April 1.
ACCORDING to Chinese raports,
2,000 Japanese troops yester day suddenly advanced math Chinese lines from Chiumenkow, one column attacking Hsiangsu), and another attacking, Shahoshuai. Japanese planes assisted their at tack which the Chinese met from two hills near Shihmenchai.
Fighting continued until the
tired..
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IMPORTANT POST OFFERED TO FENG
NOT YET KNOWN WHETHER
* HE WILL ACCEPT
THROUGH, BEUTER'S AGENCY)
SHANGHAI, April 9,
ACCORDING to Chiness reports from Peiping. Feng Yu Halang has been offered by the Government the post of Inspector of Military Training, which he held in 1994, before he joined Sun Yat Sen and Chang Tao, Lin against President Tano Kun and Wu Fei Fu.
are continuing.
CAPTURED BRITISH
OFFICERS
STILI, NO NEWS OF THEIR “WHEREABOUTS (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY ]
TOKYO, April 1..
Arts at all attempts 16 states that as attempts to locate the kidnappers of the officers of the sa. Nanchang have failed the local authorities anticipato that nothing will be heard until a ran
NEW ZEALAND.
ENGLAND
BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE BY HAMMOND
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.J.
AUCKLAND, April 1 Hitting ten sixes and thirty-three the Gloucestershire all-rounder, boundaries Wally! Hammond shattered the world's record for an individual Test innings by scoring 330 not out in England fre innings against New Zealand. He A Japanese destroyer has arriv was at the wickste for 318 minutes, ed at Newohwang from Port Arand scored his runs out of 509.
Hammond's brilliant batting allowed Bob Wyatt to declare the England innings at 619 for 7, and
som is demanded.
Striking three times with a gold
It is not known whether Feng Ythur and is co-operating with en hammer on the Holy Door of
Hsiang will acrept, int meanwhile H.M.S. "Cornflower," The financial year ended to-day pickets to take up positions outside Saint Peter's, the Pope, attired in afternoon, when Chinese reports efforts to arrange an interview" be- | and the returns issued by the Trea all Jewish establishments, whether a gorgeous mantle of white silk elaimed that the Japanese had tween him and Chiang Kai Shek board the eight British vessels in Armed guards have been placed
port for protection."
MOLLISONS PLAN NEW FLIGHT
sury show thas revenue has amount
Their presence, which is reinfore ed to £744,701,000,
Excluding the payment to theed by posters calling on the people United States Government, expen- to defend themselves and to refuse to buy from the Jews, is sufficient diture amounted to $748,114,000,
A deficit of £3,123, is reached to intimidate any would be shop- after providing £17 millions for pers. sinking fund.
Leaders May be Unable to Check Boycott.
The payment to the United States was £28,950,000, making a total de- fcit of £32,270,000;
No Debt Income.
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BERLIN, April 1. The suspension of the boycott disinterested regarded by parties here as recognition of the undesirable economic disloca- tion which would follow, and this viewpoint was urged by Nazi mem-
: As against the payment to the United States there would normally have been received, since last July, E30 millions from allied war debts to Britain and from 'reparationsbers of the Cabinet. and a further £74 millions from Dominion war debts, the relief of debts, etcettor making £37) mil- lions in all it current rates of ex- change.
Reparations and war debt may ments, however, are, under arrange. ments made at Lausanne, suspend- ed until the Lausanne agreement has been ratified or until a decision has been reached not to ratify that agreement. If all the payments normally dug to this country since July, 1932, had been received in full, the budget would have been balanced with a surplus of £5 millions.
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The budget which made no pro- vision for receipts or outgoinga for reparations and war debts, £788,800,000 and a total expendi- tare, including a provision for the sinking fund of £321 millions of £766,000,000,
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Income Tax Down.. Income tax and surtax yielded £312,200,000 which is £13 millions less than estimated. Estates dutics vielded £88 millions, which was one million more than the estimate. On the expenditure side the fixed debt charges were fixed for the year at £276 millions for interest and management of the debt and £391 millions for the sinking fund.
United The payment to the States is shown in the return as separate and single item within the year's budget expenditure.
This is done to mark its special chariteter, for in making the pay ment the Government reserved, the'! right, to treat the whole su a capital payment of which account should be taken in any final settle
ment,
Interest and Sinking Fund, Excluding the payment to the United States Government, pay- ments from the fixed debt charge for interest etcetera, have amount ed to £282 millions and for the sinking fund to £17) millions, ---
An additional sum of £2,665,000 representing interest on savinge certificates has been met from bor rowed moneys,'
The reduction in the sinking fund payments below the amount anticipated in the budget is due to the effect of the rise in price of
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and gold, demanded admission to the Church, while the bells Saint Peter's pealed the holiday.
Slowly the door began to move, and the Pope, holding a lighted candle in his right hand stepped over the threshold. His Holiness was the first to enter Saint Peter's in the Holy Year.
The
Cardinals, Bishops and Monsignori followed, each kissing the threshold as they passed.
The Pope then turning to the crowd which thronged into the Church, imparted the Apostolic Blessing.
Many people consider the whole FOUR-POWER PACT
IN EUROPE
дет
campaign not so much as an of defence against foreign "atro- city" propaganda as an attempt to appease disappointed Nazi extrem. ists who have heen incited to anti- Semitism for years.
It is doubted, however, whother the policy of appeasement will be. successful. Jewish circles" fear that once the boycott is started Nazi leaders will not be able to hold their followers in check to-morrow evening.
Herr Goebbels, speech has not allayed this anxiety.
Placards Posted. Meanwhile preparations for the boycutt are continuing, and in or boycott are continding, and in or der that foreignera may see the seriousness of the position, placards in angrammatical English pro claiming "Germans defend your self against Jewish atrocity pro paganda" will be posted.
Dr. Goebbels" Threat.
BERLIN, April 1. It is announced that the anti- Jewish boycott will begin at ten o'clock this morning, but will be called off this evening until April
In announcing the decision, Dr. Goebbels, the Minister of Propa- ganda, explained that there has been a noticeable decline of the "atrocity campaign" abroad, which proved the success of the boycott
threat.
Dr. Goebbels also declared that the improved situation proved that German Jewry has absolute power to limit or stop the campaign
abroad:
"The boycott will be resumed at 10 am on April 5 unless the atro- city campaign ceases before then.
BRITISH PREMIER'S
AMENDED PLAN
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]
PARIS, April 2.
THE Official text of the British plan amending that submitted hy Sig. Mussolini to Mr. Macdonald at Rome, it is understood, was contained in a note handed by Lord Tyrrell, the British Ambassador, to M. Paul Bonour, yesterday,
tirely new four power pact is in According to newspapers an en- volved. It is closely related to Mr. Macdonald's disarmament plan and has an appreciably less categorical regard to Treaty revision than Sig. Mussolini's proposals,
DR. LUTHER'S NEW
APPOINTMENT
GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S.A.
[TEROUGH' REUTER'S AGENCY)
BERLIN, April 2 Pres. You Hindenburg me con- firmned the appointment of Dr. Luther as Ambassador to the Unit
ed States.
AMERICAN INTEREST IN CHINA'S AVIATION
"If the boycott has to be resum- ed on April 5, it will be resumed
THROUGH REUTER'S_AGENOY] in a manner calculated to destroy German Jewry," declared Herr
New York, April 1. Goebbels, in a broadcast addres: THE Pan-American Airways Com last night.
pany to-day acquisition of 45 per cent of the capital stock of the China National Aviation Corporation.
"We want," he said, "to live in peace with the world. We want to work. We do not want to make enemies unnecessarily."
giltedged securities, following the FIDUCIARY ISSUE REVERTS war loan conversion operation, on statutory and contractual sinking fund requirements.
The Budget estimate for the sup ply was £447,204,000. Since then supplementary estimates have been presented amounting to £21,614,000. Actual expenditure amounted to £4581 millions representing x anving of £10 millions.
TO NORMAL
(BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]
RUGBY, April 1. TREASURY authority under
announces
the
The China National Aviction Cor poration is a Pino-American con trolled concern, operating air-lines between Shanghai and the principal cities in North China, particularly those on the Yangtze River,
WARSHIPS COLLIDE AT SHANGHAI
which the bank of England was
FRANCIS GARNIER BADLY empowered to issue an additional.
HOLED £15 million of notes, not covered by gold, expired Inst night and as the
(THROUGH REUTER'1. AGENCY }. bank did not ask for a renewal of the authority the fiduciary issue
SHANGHAI, April 1. roverts to the normal statutory THE French gunboat Francis Gar- amount of £250 millions,
nier was badly holed nanid- The increase to £275 millions ships as the result of a collision off dates from September, 1901, when the Bund at Shanghai this after "the gold standard was suspended, oon, with the United States Asia- The reason for the absence of the Squadron Flagship, Houston action on the part of the bank is which had just arrived
Halmenchat Falls.
TIENTSIN, April 1, Press despatches report that the Japanese occupied Esimenchai of
apanese
YOSHIZAWA WILL NOT BE RECEIVED IN NANKING
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)
NANKING, April 1. Router was authoritatively in formed this evening, that when
Mr. Yoshizawa, former Japanese
Foreign Minister who arrived in Shanghai from Japan on March 31, visits the Capital, Government lead- ore will not see him and will not
offer him a reception that is usually accorded to diplomatic guests.
Japanese circles declare that Mr. Yoshizawa is merely making an inspection tour," but rumours are aloat that his visit to China is connected with an effort to bring about direct negotiations with China for a settlement of the dis- pute, over Manchuria.
FOREIGN MINISTER AGAIN
INDISPOSED
{THROUGH" BRUTER'S "AGENTY. }
NANKING, April 1. Dr. Lo Won Kau, the Foreign Minister, is again suffering from serious cys trouble. He is not re- ceiving any guests and is only at tending to more important business at the Foreign Office. Dr. Lo may have to leave for Shanghai for an operation to his eyes as soon as his condition permita
CAVALRY SCHOOL FORMALLY OPENED
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY
NANKING, April 1 The Chinese National Cavalry Echool was formally opened this morning in the presence of General Chiang Kai Shek ad Mr. Chu Pei
·Tem.
SILVER MARKET
LONDON PRICES:
(From. Our Own Correspondent.)
LONDON, April 11 FOLLOWING · LARK- THE_BILVER
QUOTATIONS ON THS- LONDON MARKET TO-DAY:
SPOT FORWARD
March 31 April-1- 1782 17.7/16 17.7/16 17. *.
BANNED INDIAN CONGRESS
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ARRESTS MADE
Í THROUGH - BEUTER'S AGENUT.]
CAOLUTTA, April 1 THE series of arrests of Nation
alists, made recently to pre- vent the banned meeting of the In- Congress members, who today - "dian Congress, has not deterred the
sembled in the tramways shed and
when the police arrived.
Floating Debt. Floating debt stands at £810,455,- 000 compared with £311,055,000 year ago and is made up of Treasury bills £775,205,000 and ways and means borrowing from the public departments of £34,850,000.
Position Considered Batisfactory.
[BRITISH WIRELESS BLEVICK.) · Rugby, April 1. The figures of the nation's halance sheet for the financial year which ended last night are general to be found in its rebent big so Manila, with Admiral Taylor squatted, refusing to move, even ly considered highly satisfactory inquisitions of gold. Since January, view of the great difficulties of last when the present influx of gold bo gan the bank has acquired nearly yer the war debt transnations had 64 millions of gold. The addition nat vitiated the Chancellor of the al gold acquired has increased the Exchequer's calculations, his Bud-metal cover for the note issue and renders an increase in confidence to get would have resulted in a sur-
cover unnecessary, - plus of £61 milliona..
A deficit of less than £31 millions was reached after providing £171 millions for Su sinking fund,
Payment to the United States was-nourly £20 millions, this amount being excluded from the Budget calculations. "As against this pag ment to the United States, Britain would normally have received, since last July, £301 millions from allied war debts and from repara- tions together with other antas con- nected with the way detits questioth, making a total of £371 millions at current rates of exchange
Treasury returns had little effect this morning upon git-edged securities who remained steady with war loan 34 per cent, At 101 1/16
Sterling on New York opened at
$5,000 DAMAGES AND COST FOR MR. E. N. T, CUMMINS
aboard."
from
The mishap took place near Gar den Bridge, Tug boats hurried to the scene and assisted the Francis Garnier which was shipping water fast,
Temporary repairs were quickly effected. No casualties resulted from the mishup on either ship.
The U.S.S. Houston was only slightly damaged.
They ware, however, finally dis parsed, 160 being arrested, includ ng Mrs. Nellie Bongupta, the Eng lish wife of the Bengal Congress: Leader and 40, other women.
Copies of the Congress resolu- tions, which were taken as read, were distributed among the crowd both inside and outside the shed..
TORNADO'S DEATH ROLL
INCREASED
{THROUGH RZUTEK ́S AGENCY.).
NEW YORK, Aprit 1.
THE death roll of the tornado,
which swept the States of Texas, El Dorado and Arkansas the Mississippi region, yesterday, is at least 60, mostly in
Hundreds are injured.
CAUSTIC SODA!
WIFE OF BUDDHIST MONK
DIES IN SINGAPORE .
Singapore-Mistaking a bottle of caustic soda for one of medicated wine was said to have had fatal re- Bults for a Cantonese woman into whose death the Singapore Coroner, Mr. F. G. Bourne, enquired,
UMQUE ATTEMPT BY MAN
AND WIFE
London, March 28-A flight from New York of over 5,000 miles will shortly be attempted by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mollison, the British ying couple who, between them, hold more than half a dozen flight records.
Mr. Mollison reached London to- day aftor his successful South American flight. He said that, while they did not primarily in-
Mr. Mollison added that the ma- was ready and that he chine hoped to leave within the next two months.
at the close of play New Zealand, with all their wickets in hand, re- quired 399 to save the innings de- kont
Hammond and Paynter added only half a dozen runs after lunch when the Lancashire player was completely deceived by a ball from Dunning, 398-350
The pair had added 149 for the third wicket, of which Paynter had scored 30.
Ames helped to add 50 for the fourth wicket before falling to the wiles of Badcock, a former English county player. 347-4.26. Joined by Allen, Hammond und the long handle in a glorious manner and the pair had added so for the fifth wicket before the Middlesex all-rounder was clean bowled for 72
Brown made a contribution""of
tend to attempt to bent the long 13 to the sixth wicket partnership distanes record, they hoped to of 49, and Voce claimed sixteen of make a unique flight for a man the 44 runs added for the seventh, and wife...
wicket.
Bowlers Dainoralised. Hammond reached his third cen- tury just before the tea interval. He had completely demoralised the Mrs. Mollison, better known as bowlers, bitting ten sixes and Amy Johnson, holds the England-thirty, boundaries in collecting 302. Dr. Benjamin Chew, A.M.0. at Cape fight record, while Mr.
Duckworth was one and the score. the General Hospital, gave medical Mollison, who was the first man to
500 for 7 when tea was talceni evidence that on March 15, a Chifly solo across the Atlantic from
Wyatt delayed the declaration of nesc brought his wife, Lee Tong east to west, recently set up a the innings in order to give Ham- Siang, aged 21 years, to hospital, new mark for a flight from Eng-mond the opportunity of breaking Witness discovered that the land to South America. He took Don Bradman's Test record of 334, had been in hospital three days, ten hours, eighteen scored agnist. England at Leeds in previously, on January 30 and minutes for the 4,000 mile journey, 1930, and the Gloucestershire bato- February 25, with caustic soda beating the record set up by the man fulfilled all expectations. poisoning. She was re-admitted giant French machine Arc-en-Ciel
Record Broken, a February 25 with signs by no less than 25, hours 87 minutes. of further complications and dis-Reuter. charged on March 8 against medical advice. When she was once more admitted on March 15 she was found to be in a very poor condition and an operation was necessary to at tempt to save her life. The opera tion, however, was of no avail,
Woman
A post mortem examination of the body revealed that death was due to wasting away, emaciation and a stricture of the air pessages, the result of caustic soda poisoning about a month, and a half previous ly.
PERILS OF PHILIPPINES
SEPARATION
GOVERNOR-GENERAL WARNS
THE ISLANDS
Manila, P., Mar, 3-Philip pines separatain from the United.. States, is a perilous venture sOORD- mically, in the opinion of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who in his au mal report which was released for publication to day warned the T- At the time of her admission it.ands of the dangers was said that the poisoning had Free trade with the United been accidental, and the woman had States which permits the Islands soid, too, that she wanted to take to sell nearly all of their, suger some medicine to relieve a stomach crop there, gave the Philippines ache but by mistake had swallowed an enormous, favourable trade part of the contents of a bottle of balancewin the last year. caustic soda,
Wife of à Monk, Yang Pay Sang, a Cantonese Buddhist monk said that the de ceased was his wife.
In reply to His Honour's ques tion, the witness stated that although he was 's monk he was not confined to a monastery but lived in his own home and had a wife and children.
His Honor: Then you can't very well be a good monk.
Witness went on to say that one January 28, which was Chinese New Year Day, his wife was playing Mah Jongg, when she was aware of a stomach ache. She took what shu. believed to bo Chinese medicine, but suddenly felt a severe pain, and said that something was burning in side.
His Honour: What was in that medicine bottle-Medicated wins. It cures stomach ache, heart ache, and other internal disorders,
"The case was adjourned.
HINDU MARRIAGES
SINGAPORE BOCIETIES FAV- OUR REGISTRATION,
Singapore-At the invitation of the Indian Association, Singapore, a meeting of the delegates from the Vivekananda Banmarks Sangam, the Adi-Dravida. Sangam, the Arya Samaj, the Khalsa Association, the Blumiar Brahman Sabha, the Northern Indian Funeral Associa tion, the Tamils Roform Associa tion and the Singai Agamabdiyr Magajana Sangam was held in the premises-of-the-Indian Association to consider the question of repre sentation being made to the Gov- ernment for the introduction of an ordinance for the registration of Hindu marriages in the Straite Settlements.
CONVERSION LOAN-
WORK FOR 270,000 LIBEL ACTION AGAINST
POPULAR ISSUE ÎN DEMAND,
PLAN TO "SCRAP 2,000,000 TIMES OF MALAYA."
TONS OF SHIPPING. (BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.}
London, March A three Ipoh, March 22-Mr. Justice
RUGBY, March 31. years plan to sid British shipping Gerahty awarded plaintiff: 85,000
and to nzavida, work immediatele The following resol wandget DJs kand
cent. Conversion Loan- 1944-40 for 270,000 men has been presented agreed to by all except the last two costs of the suit in the libel action
to the Cabinet by the M.Ps of all societies who abstained from vot brought by Mr. E. N. T. Cummins and Treasury bills were opened to-
A the Shipping "constituencies, ac ing against Mr. J. A. B. Jennings, day editor and publisher of the Times The total amount applied for ex-cording to the Daily Express
That the Government be ap cecded £79,000,000. The amount of The plan was drawn up by Bir prouched to promulgate în ordin of Malayala
The action arose
Loar from para Conversión
allotted WES Charles Barrie and it is proposed once in the Straits Settlements to graphs
published in connection 9,156,000, applicants at £94) and to build a million tons of ships provide for the registration of mar- above receiving their requirements and to sorap two million tons of ringes of persons professing the with an erroneous report of Mr. -Cummins”, "death":
in full.
obsolete ships annually.Reuter. Hinda religion.11
Colonel - Roosevelt who praised, the wisdom of Filippino Legisla– tors in balancing the budget and generally providing wise statutes for the Islands, indirectly hinted that the same wisdom might be ep- plied to a study of the possible dangora in the independence bill that has been passed. The former. Governor-Generale now en route to the United States. His report to the War Department was his last official document.
AIR MAILS TO THE EAST PARIS TO BANGKOK.
IN A WEEK
Bangkok, March 22. The pro- posed twelve, day Imperial Air- ways service from London to Sin- gapore compares unfavourably with the times of the two existing services. The Dutch now travel from London to Singapore in ten days" and from May will do the; journey in nine.The French have established new seven days Mar seilles Bangkok services.
IN HONG KONG TO-DAY
CLOUDY; WARMER
YESTERDAY'S WRATHER, REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 5,30 PALETATED ARMADA
AN ANTI-CYCLONE IS MOVING KASTWARD "INTS THE PACIFIC TO THE SOUTH OF TOKYO.
LOCAL FORECAST :—E. WINDS, MODERATE TO FRESH; CLOUDY: --WARMER.
He hit out with fresh vigour and cored 34 of the 42. runs scored after tea When Hammond had been given a great ovation by the crowd, many of whom remembered his $27. in the first Test at Christchurch.
Wyatt declared the inninge, set- ting New Zealand, the teeking of sooring 390 bo save the innings dd- feat
One of the features of the innings James Though not dismissing an was the wicket-keeping of K CA
batman be conceded only Is exkruan in a total of SAL
Hammand Greater World: Benorda
Rudar April Kes
By carrying his overnight cover of 41 not out, to 338, not out, Hand, mond made a world record for the highest score in any Test match- The previoun record was held by Bachman, Australia, who mader 245. Eagainst. England at Leeda in 1880-1
The Glamentouslara -- hatamazs made 223 in frei Tast match against New Zealand last week:
SCORES
New-Zealand 1st Innings÷158_ England-1st Innings. Sutcliffe, e Weir, b. Freeman RES Wyatt, b Dunning Hammond, not cut Paynter, b Dunning Ames, bBadcock G.. O. Allen, b Bádenck
F. R. Brown, e Page, b Weir Voce, b Weir
Duckworth, not out
Extran
Total (for wits dec.) 516
Fall of the wickets: for 46: for 139; 3 for 288, 4 for 407; 6 for 150; 7 for 500.
Mer Bowling Analyali
Badcock Dunning
16
Freeman
·Newman
Page Weit
Tunings
Total
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without regaining
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